diff --git a/components/prism-swift.js b/components/prism-swift.js
index dbe4b72967..9078f7721e 100644
--- a/components/prism-swift.js
+++ b/components/prism-swift.js
@@ -1,8 +1,24 @@
-// issues: nested multiline comments, highlighting inside string interpolations
+// issues: nested multiline comments
 Prism.languages.swift = Prism.languages.extend('clike', {
+	'string': {
+		pattern: /("|')(\\(?:\((?:[^()]|\([^)]+\))+\)|\r\n|[\s\S])|(?!\1)[^\\\r\n])*\1/,
+		inside: {
+			'interpolation': {
+				pattern: /\\\((?:[^()]|\([^)]+\))+\)/,
+				inside: {
+					delimiter: {
+						pattern: /^\\\(|\)$/,
+						alias: 'variable'
+					}
+					// See rest below
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	},
 	'keyword': /\b(as|associativity|break|case|catch|class|continue|convenience|default|defer|deinit|didSet|do|dynamic(?:Type)?|else|enum|extension|fallthrough|final|for|func|get|guard|if|import|in|infix|init|inout|internal|is|lazy|left|let|mutating|new|none|nonmutating|operator|optional|override|postfix|precedence|prefix|private|Protocol|public|repeat|required|rethrows|return|right|safe|self|Self|set|static|struct|subscript|super|switch|throws?|try|Type|typealias|unowned|unsafe|var|weak|where|while|willSet|__(?:COLUMN__|FILE__|FUNCTION__|LINE__))\b/,
 	'number': /\b([\d_]+(\.[\de_]+)?|0x[a-f0-9_]+(\.[a-f0-9p_]+)?|0b[01_]+|0o[0-7_]+)\b/i,
 	'constant': /\b(nil|[A-Z_]{2,}|k[A-Z][A-Za-z_]+)\b/,
 	'atrule': /@\b(IB(?:Outlet|Designable|Action|Inspectable)|class_protocol|exported|noreturn|NS(?:Copying|Managed)|objc|UIApplicationMain|auto_closure)\b/,
 	'builtin': /\b([A-Z]\S+|abs|advance|alignof(?:Value)?|assert|contains|count(?:Elements)?|debugPrint(?:ln)?|distance|drop(?:First|Last)|dump|enumerate|equal|filter|find|first|getVaList|indices|isEmpty|join|last|lexicographicalCompare|map|max(?:Element)?|min(?:Element)?|numericCast|overlaps|partition|print(?:ln)?|reduce|reflect|reverse|sizeof(?:Value)?|sort(?:ed)?|split|startsWith|stride(?:of(?:Value)?)?|suffix|swap|toDebugString|toString|transcode|underestimateCount|unsafeBitCast|with(?:ExtendedLifetime|Unsafe(?:MutablePointers?|Pointers?)|VaList))\b/
 });
+Prism.languages.swift['string'].inside['interpolation'].inside.rest = Prism.util.clone(Prism.languages.swift);
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diff --git a/components/prism-swift.min.js b/components/prism-swift.min.js
index 84106e4876..60da43d79e 100644
--- a/components/prism-swift.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-swift.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages.swift=Prism.languages.extend("clike",{keyword:/\b(as|associativity|break|case|catch|class|continue|convenience|default|defer|deinit|didSet|do|dynamic(?:Type)?|else|enum|extension|fallthrough|final|for|func|get|guard|if|import|in|infix|init|inout|internal|is|lazy|left|let|mutating|new|none|nonmutating|operator|optional|override|postfix|precedence|prefix|private|Protocol|public|repeat|required|rethrows|return|right|safe|self|Self|set|static|struct|subscript|super|switch|throws?|try|Type|typealias|unowned|unsafe|var|weak|where|while|willSet|__(?:COLUMN__|FILE__|FUNCTION__|LINE__))\b/,number:/\b([\d_]+(\.[\de_]+)?|0x[a-f0-9_]+(\.[a-f0-9p_]+)?|0b[01_]+|0o[0-7_]+)\b/i,constant:/\b(nil|[A-Z_]{2,}|k[A-Z][A-Za-z_]+)\b/,atrule:/@\b(IB(?:Outlet|Designable|Action|Inspectable)|class_protocol|exported|noreturn|NS(?:Copying|Managed)|objc|UIApplicationMain|auto_closure)\b/,builtin:/\b([A-Z]\S+|abs|advance|alignof(?:Value)?|assert|contains|count(?:Elements)?|debugPrint(?:ln)?|distance|drop(?:First|Last)|dump|enumerate|equal|filter|find|first|getVaList|indices|isEmpty|join|last|lexicographicalCompare|map|max(?:Element)?|min(?:Element)?|numericCast|overlaps|partition|print(?:ln)?|reduce|reflect|reverse|sizeof(?:Value)?|sort(?:ed)?|split|startsWith|stride(?:of(?:Value)?)?|suffix|swap|toDebugString|toString|transcode|underestimateCount|unsafeBitCast|with(?:ExtendedLifetime|Unsafe(?:MutablePointers?|Pointers?)|VaList))\b/});
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+Prism.languages.swift=Prism.languages.extend("clike",{string:{pattern:/("|')(\\(?:\((?:[^()]|\([^)]+\))+\)|\r\n|[\s\S])|(?!\1)[^\\\r\n])*\1/,inside:{interpolation:{pattern:/\\\((?:[^()]|\([^)]+\))+\)/,inside:{delimiter:{pattern:/^\\\(|\)$/,alias:"variable"}}}}},keyword:/\b(as|associativity|break|case|catch|class|continue|convenience|default|defer|deinit|didSet|do|dynamic(?:Type)?|else|enum|extension|fallthrough|final|for|func|get|guard|if|import|in|infix|init|inout|internal|is|lazy|left|let|mutating|new|none|nonmutating|operator|optional|override|postfix|precedence|prefix|private|Protocol|public|repeat|required|rethrows|return|right|safe|self|Self|set|static|struct|subscript|super|switch|throws?|try|Type|typealias|unowned|unsafe|var|weak|where|while|willSet|__(?:COLUMN__|FILE__|FUNCTION__|LINE__))\b/,number:/\b([\d_]+(\.[\de_]+)?|0x[a-f0-9_]+(\.[a-f0-9p_]+)?|0b[01_]+|0o[0-7_]+)\b/i,constant:/\b(nil|[A-Z_]{2,}|k[A-Z][A-Za-z_]+)\b/,atrule:/@\b(IB(?:Outlet|Designable|Action|Inspectable)|class_protocol|exported|noreturn|NS(?:Copying|Managed)|objc|UIApplicationMain|auto_closure)\b/,builtin:/\b([A-Z]\S+|abs|advance|alignof(?:Value)?|assert|contains|count(?:Elements)?|debugPrint(?:ln)?|distance|drop(?:First|Last)|dump|enumerate|equal|filter|find|first|getVaList|indices|isEmpty|join|last|lexicographicalCompare|map|max(?:Element)?|min(?:Element)?|numericCast|overlaps|partition|print(?:ln)?|reduce|reflect|reverse|sizeof(?:Value)?|sort(?:ed)?|split|startsWith|stride(?:of(?:Value)?)?|suffix|swap|toDebugString|toString|transcode|underestimateCount|unsafeBitCast|with(?:ExtendedLifetime|Unsafe(?:MutablePointers?|Pointers?)|VaList))\b/}),Prism.languages.swift.string.inside.interpolation.inside.rest=Prism.util.clone(Prism.languages.swift);
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diff --git a/examples/prism-swift.html b/examples/prism-swift.html
index 5bc1633a5c..21c6a16ca6 100644
--- a/examples/prism-swift.html
+++ b/examples/prism-swift.html
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ <h2>Numbers</h2>
 
 <h2>Strings</h2>
 <pre><code>let someString = "Some string literal value"
-var emptyString = ""</code></pre>
+var emptyString = ""
+// String interpolation
+let multiplier = 3
+"\(multiplier) times 2.5 is \(Double(multiplier) * 2.5)"</code></pre>
 
 <h2>Control flow</h2>
 <pre><code>for index in 1...5 {